The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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... NOTE To illustrate how much and what kind of material , that may be absent from poetry , must be present in prose , let us endeavor to express the thought of the following stanza from Browning in such prose as , by the ordi- nary ...
... NOTE To illustrate how much and what kind of material , that may be absent from poetry , must be present in prose , let us endeavor to express the thought of the following stanza from Browning in such prose as , by the ordi- nary ...
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... note of direction for the way ? They answered , ' Yes . ' ' But did you , ' said he , ' when you were at a stand , pluck out and read your note ? ' They answered , ' No. ' He asked them , ' Why ? ' They said they forgot . He asked ...
... note of direction for the way ? They answered , ' Yes . ' ' But did you , ' said he , ' when you were at a stand , pluck out and read your note ? ' They answered , ' No. ' He asked them , ' Why ? ' They said they forgot . He asked ...
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... NOTE . Some writers are more particular about this requisite than others ; and in proportion to their care in observing it is the reader's satisfaction in the plan and articulation of their thought . Among those who have an emi- nent ...
... NOTE . Some writers are more particular about this requisite than others ; and in proportion to their care in observing it is the reader's satisfaction in the plan and articulation of their thought . Among those who have an emi- nent ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
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